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Standing in the basement dining room of a West Loop Greek restaurant Sunday afternoon, Mayor Rahm Emanuel accepted the endorsement of one of his chief antagonists -- former mayoral candidate and outgoing 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti. "For me, the candidate is Rahm, and on Election Day, I will be casting my vote for Rahm Emanuel as mayor of our city," Fioretti said in delivering his endorsement. "And if you're worried about the financial health of this city, you should do the same. We need not only our financial health of our city to be fixed, but the budget for CPS and you only have one choice." In showcasing Fioretti's support, Emanuel acknowledged the...

WASHINGTON — Katrina Adams knew she was on the wrong side of the fence.
This was in the summer of 1975, when Arthur Ashe would become the first black man to win Wimbledon, when Adams was just 6 going on 7, a couple of years too young for the Chicago...

Federal prosecutors are contending the former Illinois public health chief of staff who served with presidential pal Eric Whitaker has violated a plea agreement by failing to cooperate fully and by passing along false information.
Quinshaunta Golden, 46,...

Rep. Aaron Schock lives large and loudly on Instagram, where he broadcasts his exploits from the Greek Isles to the glaciers of Patagonia. He's shown surfboarding in Hawaii, doing the tango in Buenos Aires and parasailing in the Andes.
The 33-year-old...

Two House Democrats from Illinois, Dan Lipinski of Western Springs and Cheri Bustos of East Moline, joined all the House Republicans from the state in voting Friday to approve construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The bill passed 266-153, which...

— Federal prosecutors on Tuesday tried to turn up the heat on Dr. Eric Whitaker, a former state public health director and friend of President Barack Obama, as part of an ongoing trial of a Chicago couple facing charges in a multimillion-dollar state...

WASHINGTON -- Tracy Martin, the father of slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin, urged Congress on Wednesday to improve the educational and employment opportunities of African American boys and men, who are disproportionately imprisoned and unemployed.
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Former U.S. Rep. Cardiss Collins, the first African-American woman to represent Illinois in Congress, died of natural causes at age 81 on Saturday, Feb. 2, in Washington, D.C., according to a statement from Rep. Danny Davis, who replaced Collins as...

WASHINGTON - Some of baseball's brightest stars uneasily testified yesterday about steroid use, but a House committee saved its fire for baseball executives, going so far as to question whether their sport still deserved its treasured exemption from...